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Can they tell you have breast cancer without biopsy results?

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Hi,

 

I went into clinic on Tuesday morning to have a lump checked, a lump that my doctor wasn't concerned about and didn't refer me for but my mum made me call back and demand to be referred. When I arrived in the clinic the lady who first checked me thought it was nothing to worry about, sent me for an ultrasound anyway (I'm only 30 so that was chosen over a mammogram), the sonograoher doing the ultrasound went and had a very quiet phone call over at her desk and said we've decided to send you for a mammogram too, so she done a biopsy and then sent me for a mammogram! After that I was sat waiting, got taken into a room with 3 people where they told me 'I'm sorry I told you not to worry but we are very concerned and very suspicious with what we've found' - que my breakdown as I genuinely thought I would be in and out with no issues at all! 
 

I was then assigned a breast care nurse who took me to a room and advised me that it is treatable and curable (amaizng of course) BUT my question is..... has anyone ever had this and then the biopsy has come back and said it's not cancerous? My breast care nurse was tellling me I should prepare and prepare my family etc so i feel like they were so sure but can they be that sure without the biopsy results? I feel absolutely sick to my stomach waiting for my results, I don't know what to do with myself and feel like im living in another world!

 

I guess i'm just trying to find any hope that they could be really wrong - can they really tell so much from ultrasounds and mammograms???? 
 

From a very anxious and scared mum of 2!

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    I think because they see it everyday they can see what is cancer and what is something else but also sometimes there's a very faint line between cancer and Fibroadenoma. I have everything crossed for you. I'm in the same boat too. 

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    Hi everyone,

     

    thank you for your messages, it was confirmed yesterday that it is stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer, HER2+ so I will be starting chemo in the next 2-3 weeks, alongside herceptin and another drug used to suppress my ovaries due to my cancer feeding off of Estrogen. Once chemo has finished they hope I will need just a lumpectomy so to remove the remaining and the surrounding tissue, fingers crossed it stays that way! 
     

    As much as this is rubbish news, I feel more positive than before when I was living in limbo, not sure what was going to happen, at least I know my treatment plan now! 
     

    I hope for better results for those of you who are still waiting ♥️
     

     

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    Hi everyone,

     

    thank you for your messages, it was confirmed yesterday that it is stage 2, grade 3 breast cancer, HER2+ so I will be starting chemo in the next 2-3 weeks, alongside herceptin and another drug used to suppress my ovaries due to my cancer feeding off of Estrogen. Once chemo has finished they hope I will need just a lumpectomy so to remove the remaining and the surrounding tissue, fingers crossed it stays that way! 
     

    As much as this is rubbish news, I feel more positive than before when I was living in limbo, not sure what was going to happen, at least I know my treatment plan now! 
     

    I hope for better results for those of you who are still waiting ♥️
     

     

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    Hello

    firstly I am sending so many positive vibes to you and your way of thinking is amazing and utterly true. They got back to you so quickly. I received a letter saying a phone call in two weeks time. Did they call you with the news? What did they say the wait would be? I think being in limbo is just the worst and although being told what you have been which must be incredibly hard you now have a plan of action xx

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    Glad you came away from yesterday with positivity. Again, like yourself, my wife also has the same type and grade as you. She was on EC (4 cycles), and now on another chemo for 3 cycles. What they're gonna do op wise will be decided once the chemo is done and dusted at the beginning of March. Because the chemo has worked so well thus far (midway scans), they said if the next chemo melts it, she might not even get radiotherapy. So that's a bonus. At the beginning of this, radiotherapy was nailed on, but yeah, her response has been very good on the EC and that wasn't even the chemo that was supposed to do the proper damage to the cancer, it was supposed to be the chemo she's on now. So they've knocked one cycle of the 4 off.

    Hopefully you get the same response and the op isn't so invasive.

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